'The Overtone' looks at a sterile marriage with no children and no spontaneous sexual feeling between the couple. Lawrence seems to lose interest in the story, although he introduces a younger woman, who walks away baffled at the end. His purpose seems to be to analyse the relationship between men and women in religious terms - Christianity for the women and the old Pan religion for the men. Lawrence produces some fine writing but the argument at the end of the story seems contrived.
The Complete Short Stories
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audiobookThe Lovely Lady
D H Lawrence
audiobookThe Man Who Was Through With the World
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audiobookTwo Blue Birds
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audiobookThings
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audiobookA Dream of Life
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audiobookNone of That
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audiobookThe Undying Man
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audiobookRawdon's Roof
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audiobookIn Love
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audiobookThe Blue Moccasins
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audiobookMercury
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